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cuitlaxihui.

Headword: 
cuitlaxihui.
Principal English Translation: 

to get loose, to go weak (see Karttunen)

IPAspelling: 
kwitɬɑʃiwi
Frances Karttunen: 

CUITLAXIHU(I) to get loose, to go weak / se suelta (el pie, la mano, etc.), se debilita (T) [(3)Tp.122]. This is a variant of CUETLAXIHU(I), which is also in T.

CUITLAXIHUĪHUA nonact. CUITLAXIHU(I)

CUITLAXIHUĪTIĀ caus. CUITLAXIHU(I)
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 74.